Bioaerosol Health Effects and Exposure Assessment: Progress and Prospects

Exposures to bioaerosols in the occupational environment are associated with a wide range of health effects with major public health impact, including infectious diseases, acute toxic effects, allergies and cancer. Respiratory symptoms and lung function impairment are the most widely studied and probably among the most important bioaerosol-associated health effects. In addition to these adverse health effects some protective effects of microbial exposure on atopy and atopic conditions has also been suggested. New industrial activities have emerged in recent years in which exposures to bioaerosols can be abundant, e.g. the waste recycling and composting industry, biotechnology industries producing highly…

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  Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  Award: (NWO)
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  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

  Awards: ES05605, P30 ES, P30 ES05605